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OpenAI says it paused AI training for two weeks and announces new security protocols following Hugging Face hack

The AI company says its unreleased Astra model presents a “critical” cybersecurity risk and it has put its largest training runs on hold while it tests new safety procedures.

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A dropout living in a trailer, he got $1 million from Peter Thiel at 19—now he’s a billionaire who says the American Dream isn’t dead
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 18, 2026
AWS’s Asia chief is relocating to Japan as the country scrambles to modernize its legacy IT systems
AWS’s Asia chief is relocating to Japan as the country scrambles to modernize its legacy IT systems
By Angelica AngAugust 18, 2026
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‘Godmother of AI’ and tech entrepreneurs draw investors by pivoting from chatbots to ‘world models’ saying AI has to read the room, not just books
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Trump’s international student crackdown kicked off a domino effect that could shave nearly $500 billion off the economy
By Tristan BoveJune 24, 2026
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For the first time since 2017, it’s China, not the U.S., that has the world’s most powerful supercomputer
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A Tesla on autopilot just killed a woman who was standing in her own living room
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I watched enterprises buy AI that solved the wrong problem. So I left Dell and built a startup to fix it
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Whatnot is worth $11.5 billion—and its sellers just hit one billion orders
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